Activities



 To achieve the above aims,
NICE runs the following activities (to list a few):

a) Organizes international workcamps (1-3 weeks) primarily inJapan and some in other parts of Asia.
106 projects in 18 countries with 858 international volunteers in 2009.

b) Sends volunteers from Japan to international workcamps abroad.

c) Organizes weekend workcamps (1-3 days projects) in Japan.

d) Organizes Long And Mid-term volunteer Programs (LAMP for 2 -12 months) in Japan with 6 projects and 91 volunteers and sends 84 volunteers to projects in 18 countries in 2009.

1994: a) 16 projects & 213 vols. b) 127 vols./ c) 24 projects & 240 vols./ d) 0 project & 0 vols.
1999: a) 45 projects & 535 vols. b) 487 vols./ c) 101 projects & 1,154 vols./ d) 0 project & 7 vols.
2004: a) 54 projects & 726 vols. b) 723 vols./ c) 139 projects & 1,918 vols./ d) 10 projects & 77 vols.
2009: a)106 projects & 858 vols. b) 622vols./ c) 148 projects & 1,618 vols./ d) 6 projects & 91 vols.

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e) Group workcamps (for specific groups)
f) Green Foster Parents (forest protection)
g) Educational actions (to organize school lessons)
h) Social actions (for disadvantaged children & refugees)
i) Farm Stay Progarms (to revive agriculture)
j) Networking (to promote international volunteering)

Project Results   in 2009  Results in 20 years
 1) International workcamps by NICE  54 projects in 10 countries with 726 international vols.and 13,589 local people  443 projects in 17 countries with 5,512 international vols. and about 100,000 local people
 2) International workcamps in the world  723 vols. to 60 countries  5,852 vols. to 95 countries
 3) LAMP  15 projects with 33 vols. and sent 77 vols. to 16 countirs  47 projects with 97 vols. and send 235 vols. to 24 countirs
 4) Weekend workcamp  139 projects in 21 prefectures with 1,918 vols. and thousands of local people  1,001 projects in 33 prefectures with 13,392 vols. and hundreds of thousands of local people
 5) Group workcamp  5 projects in 5 countries  11 projects in 7 countries
 6) Green Foster Parents  About 500 "parents"  About 2,000 "parents"
 7) School programs  16 programs in 9 schools  36 programs in 22 schools
 8) Farm Stay Programs  2 projects with 17 vols.  16 projects with over 120 vols.

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